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Mafalda is an Argentine comic strip written and drawn by cartoonist Quino. The strip features a six-year-old girl named Mafalda, who reflects the Argentinian middle class and progressive youth, is concerned about humanity and world peace, and has an innocent but serious attitude toward problems. The comic strip ran from 1964 to 1973 and was very popular in Latin America, Europe, Quebec and Asia. Its popularity led to books and two animated cartoon series. Mafalda has been praised as masterful satire.
Miraflores Central Park, also known as Miraflores Park, is a public park located in Miraflores, Lima, Peru. It is divided into two parks: John F. Kennedy Park and 7 June Park. The former gives the entire park complex its popular name, Kennedy Park.
3. Cathedral of Lima
The Basilica Metropolitan Cathedral of Lima and Primate of Peru, otherwise Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in the Plaza Mayor of downtown Lima, Peru. This third and current Cathedral of Lima was built between 1602 and 1797. It is dedicated to St. John, Apostle and Evangelist.
4. Francisco Pizarro
The Monument to Francisco Pizarro is an equestrian statue, made by the American artist Charles Cary Rumsey, located in Lima as a tribute by the municipality to the founder of the city, the conquistador Francisco Pizarro.
Wikipedia: Estatua ecuestre de Francisco Pizarro (Lima) (ES)
5. Casa O'Higgins
The Casa O'Higgins is a colonial-style building located in the historic centre of Lima, specifically located in the Jirón de la Unión, a few metres from the Plaza de Armas of the Peruvian capital. Since 2008, the house has functioned as a cultural centre of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and a permanent space dedicated to the memory of Bernardo O'Higgins. It forms part of the Cultural heritage of Peru.
6. Morro Solar
Morro Solar is a headland, situated in the district of Chorrillos, to the south of Lima, Peru. Morro Solar is notable for being a site of the Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos between Peruvian and Chilean forces in 1881. Notable landmarks include an astronomical observatory and a monument to an unknown soldier. Its geological formations are rich in silver which is being extracted by several mining companies.
7. North American F-86F Sabre
The North American F-86 Sabre, sometimes called the Sabrejet, is a transonic jet fighter aircraft. Produced by North American Aviation, the Sabre is best known as the United States' first swept-wing fighter that could counter the swept-wing Soviet MiG-15 in high-speed dogfights in the skies of the Korean War (1950–1953), fighting some of the earliest jet-to-jet battles in history. Considered one of the best and most important fighter aircraft in that war, the F-86 is also rated highly in comparison with fighters of other eras. Although it was developed in the late 1940s and was outdated by the end of the 1950s, the Sabre proved versatile and adaptable and continued as a front-line fighter in numerous air forces.
8. Hawker Hunter F 52
The Hawker Hunter is a transonic British jet-powered fighter aircraft that was developed by Hawker Aircraft for the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It was designed to take advantage of the newly developed Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet engine and the swept wing, and was the first jet-powered aircraft produced by Hawker to be procured by the RAF. On 7 September 1953, the modified first prototype broke the world air speed record for aircraft, achieving a speed of 727.63 mph.
9. The Hermetic Shrine
Hermeticism or Hermetism is a philosophical and religious system based on the purported teachings of Hermes Trismegistus. These teachings are contained in the various writings attributed to Hermes, which were produced over a period spanning many centuries and may be very different in content and scope.
10. Helicóptero Mil Mi-8T
The Mil Mi-8 is a medium twin-turbine helicopter, originally designed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s and introduced into the Soviet Air Force in 1968. It is now produced by Russia. In addition to its most common role as a transport helicopter, the Mi-8 is also used as an airborne command post, armed gunship, and reconnaissance platform.
11. Sukhoi Su-22
The Sukhoi Su-17 is a variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber developed for the Soviet military. Developed from the Sukhoi Su-7, the Su-17 was the first variable-sweep wing aircraft to enter Soviet service and featured updated avionics. The aircraft also has variants which were designed to be exported to non-Soviet states such as the Sukhoi Su-22 and the less popular Su-20.
12. Fuerza Aérea del Perú
The Peruvian Air Force is the branch of the Peruvian Armed Forces tasked with defending the nation and its interests through the use of air power. Additional missions include assistance in safeguarding internal security, conducting disaster relief operations and participating in international peacekeeping operations.
13. Sūkyō Mahikari
Sukyo Mahikari is an organization with centers in more than 100 countries. The stated aim of the organization is to help people improve the quality of their lives and attain happiness by practicing universal principles and a method of spiritual purification called the art of True Light. It was founded by Kōtama Okada in 1959 under the name L. H. Yokoshi no Tomo. Sukyo Mahikari was registered on June 23, 1978, by Keishu Okada as part of an amicable settlement following the passing of Kōtama Okada. In 2013, Sukyo Mahikari announced it had a membership of approximately one million practitioners.
14. Blériot XI
The Blériot XI is a French aircraft from the pioneer era of aviation. The first example was used by Louis Blériot to make the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air aircraft, on 25 July 1909. This is one of the most famous accomplishments of the pioneer era of aviation, and not only won Blériot a lasting place in history but also assured the future of his aircraft manufacturing business. The event caused a major reappraisal of the importance of aviation; the English newspaper The Daily Express led its story of the flight with the headline "Britain is no longer an Island".
15. Pachacútec
Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui, also called Pachacútec, was the ninth Sapa Inca of the Chiefdom of Cusco, which he transformed into the Inca Empire. Most archaeologists now believe that the famous Inca site of Machu Picchu was built as an estate for Pachacuti.
16. Bell 212 Twin Huey
The Bell 212 is a two-blade, twin-engine, medium helicopter that first flew in 1968. Originally manufactured by Bell Helicopter in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, production was moved to Mirabel, Quebec, Canada in 1988, along with all Bell commercial helicopter production after that plant opened in 1986.
17. Congreso de la República
The Congress of the Republic of Peru is the unicameral body that assumes legislative power in Peru. Due to broadly interpreted impeachment wording in the Constitution of Peru, the President of Peru can be removed by Congress without cause, effectively making the legislature more powerful than the executive branch. Following a ruling in February 2023 by the Constitutional Court of Peru, the body tasked with interpreting the Constitution of Peru and whose members are directly chosen by Congress, judicial oversight of the legislative body was also removed by the court, essentially giving Congress absolute control of Peru's government. Since the 2021 Peruvian general election, right wing parties held a majority in the legislature. The largest represented leftist party in Congress, Free Peru, has subsequently aligned itself with conservative and Fujimorists parties within Congress due to their institutional power.
18. Dassault Mirage 5
The Dassault Mirage 5 is a French supersonic attack aircraft/fighter-bomber designed by Dassault Aviation during the 1960s and manufactured in France and other countries. It was derived from Dassault's popular Mirage III fighter and spawned several variants of its own, including the IAI Kfir. In Pakistan's service, the Mirage 5s are modified and are capable of nuclear weapons delivery.
19. Huayna Cápac
Huayna Capac was the third Sapa Inca of Tawantinsuyu, the Inca Empire. He was the son of and successor to Túpac Inca Yupanqui., the sixth Sapa Inca of the Hanan dynasty, and eleventh of the Inca civilization. He was born in Tumipampa and tutored to become Sapa Inca from a young age.
20. Inti Dios del Sol
Inti is the ancient Inca sun god. He is revered as the national patron of the Inca state. Although most consider Inti the sun god, he is more appropriately viewed as a cluster of solar aspects, since the Inca divided his identity according to the stages of the sun. Worshiped as a patron deity of the Inca Empire, Pachacuti is often linked to the origin and expansion of the Inca Sun Cult. The most common belief was that Inti was born of Viracocha, who had many titles, chief among them being the God of Creation.
21. Manco Cápac
Manco Cápac, also known as Manco Inca and Ayar Manco, was, according to some historians, the first governor and founder of the Inca civilization in Cusco, possibly in the early 13th century. He is also a main figure of Inca mythology, being the protagonist of the two best known legends about the origin of the Inca, both of them connecting him to the foundation of Cusco. His main wife was his older sister, Mama Uqllu, also the mother of his son and successor Sinchi Ruq'a. Even though his figure is mentioned in several chronicles, his actual existence remains uncertain.
22. Cessna T-41
The Cessna T-41 Mescalero is a military version of the popular Cessna 172, operated by the United States Air Force and Army, as well as the armed forces of various other countries as a pilot-training aircraft.
23. Putto
A putto is a figure in a work of art depicted as a chubby male child, usually naked and very often winged. Originally limited to profane passions in symbolism, the putto came to represent a sort of baby angel in religious art, often called cherubs, though in traditional Christian theology a cherub is actually one of the most senior types of angel.
24. Túpac Inca Yupanqui
Topa Inca Yupanqui or Túpac Inca Yupanqui, also Topa Inga Yupangui, translated as "noble Inca accountant," was the tenth Sapa Inca (1471–93) of the Inca Empire, fifth of the Hanan dynasty. His father was Pachacuti, and his son was Huayna Capac. Topa Inca belonged to the Qhapaq panaca. His qoya was his older sister, Mama Ocllo.
25. Beechcraft Queen Air A-80
The Beechcraft Queen Air is a twin-engined light aircraft produced by Beechcraft in numerous versions from 1960 to 1978. Based upon the Twin Bonanza, with which it shared key components such as wings, engines, and tail surfaces, it had a larger fuselage, and served as the basis for the highly successful King Air series of turboprop aircraft. Its primary uses have been as a private aircraft, utility, and small commuter airliner. Production ran for 17 years.
26. Larco Herrera Museum
The Larco Museum is a privately owned museum of pre-Columbian art, located in the Pueblo Libre District of Lima, Peru. The museum is housed in an 18th-century vice-royal building. It showcases chronological galleries that provide a thorough overview of 5,000 years of Peruvian pre-Columbian history. It is well known for its gallery of pre-Columbian erotic pottery.
27. Huáscar
Huáscar Inca also Guazcar was Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire from 1527 to 1532. He succeeded his father, Huayna Capac and his brother Ninan Cuyochi, both of whom died of smallpox while campaigning near Quito.
28. La Danaide
In Greek mythology, the Danaïdes, also Danaides or Danaids, were the fifty daughters of Danaus. In the Metamorphoses, Ovid refers to them as the Belides after their grandfather Belus. They were to marry the 50 sons of Danaus' twin brother Aegyptus, a mythical king of Egypt. In the most common version of the myth, all but one of them killed their husbands on their wedding night and are condemned to spend eternity carrying water in a sieve or perforated device. In the classical tradition, they came to represent the futility of a repetitive task that can never be completed.
29. Casa Yuyachakani
Yuyachkani gives its name to a Peruvian cultural group founded in the 1970s. He has a mostly political theatrical work, inspired by indigenist qualities; Their works are of collective creation and are based on a philosophy based on a common life project of its members. It is one of the most representative auteur theatrical movements in the country, as well as one of the oldest in Latin America.
30. North American 50
The North American P-64 was the designation assigned by the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) to the North American Aviation NA-68 fighter, an upgraded variant of the NA-50 developed during the late 1930s. Seven NA-50s were purchased by the Peruvian Air Force, which nicknamed it Torito.
31. Muralla de Tungasuca
The wall of Tungasuca is an ancient epimural road, built by the Colli culture, whose composition was made with mud and stone, better known as Tapial, under the technique of overlapping large blocks of trapezoidal adobe, during the late intermediate period. Something that causes uncertainty is the presence of frys in mud walls, since so far the meaning is not known because it has not been clarified scientifically by specialists, although they suggest a possible magical-religious relationship. It is located between the district of Carabayllo and the District of Comas, province of Lima, in the department of Lima. The name of Tungasuca is due to the proximity with the urbanization of the same name in the district of Carabayllo.
32. Complejo arqueológico El Paraíso
El Paraíso is the modern name of a Late Preceramic (3500–1800 BC) archaeological site located in the Chillón Valley on the central coast of Peru. The site is situated several kilometers north of Lima, the capital of Peru, in the San Martin de Porres District in the Province of Lima. El Paraíso is one of the largest settlements from this period, encompassing over 58 hectares of land.
33. Goddess Feme
In Greek mythology, Pheme, also known as Ossa in Homeric sources, was the personification of fame and renown, her favour being notability, her wrath being scandalous rumours. She was a daughter either of Gaia or of Elpis (Hope), was described as "she who initiates and furthers communication" and had an altar at Athens. A tremendous gossip, Pheme was said to have pried into the affairs of mortals and gods, then repeated what she learned, starting off at first with just a dull whisper, but repeating it louder each time, until everyone knew. In art, she was usually depicted with wings and a trumpet.
34. Huaca Garagay
Garagay is an archaeological site from the Andean Formative period located in the district of San Martín de Porres, in the city of Lima, capital of Peru. From 3,500 years ago, it encloses the remains of a ceremonial center built in the valley of the Rímac River, where remarkable high reliefs of clay in the Chavín style stand out, presumably representing their deities. It is made up of three large terraced structures arranged in a U-shape, which is the architectural style of the time.
35. PeruSAT-1
PeruSat-1 is an Earth observation satellite owned by the Peruvian government which is operated by its space agency CONIDA, an entity attached to the Ministry of Defense. It was built in France by the company Airbus Defence & Space and has been operating since 2016.
36. Bede BD-4lSA Kuntur
The Bede BD-4 is an American light aircraft, designed by Jim Bede for homebuilding and available since 1968. It was one of the first homebuilt aircraft to be offered in kit form. It remains one of the world's most popular homebuilts with thousands of plans sold and hundreds of examples completed to date.
37. Museo Histórico de Ciencias Físicas (UNMSM)
The Historical Museum of Physical Sciences of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos was created on November 11, 1986 with the aim of exhibiting the pieces that were part of the physics cabinet that was previously located in the Casona de la Universidad de San Marcos. The current Historical Museum of Physical Sciences is made up of four areas: the area of optics and modern physics, the area of mechanics of solids and fluids, the area of heat and waves, and the area of electricity and magnetism. The current purpose of the museum is to promote this discipline, as well as to publicize instruments that once allowed experiments to be carried out in this area of research. The museum is located on the third floor of the pavilion of the Faculty of Physical Sciences of the university, in the "University City".
Wikipedia: Museo Histórico de Ciencias Físicas (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos) (ES)
38. Complejo Arqueológico Mangomarca
The Mangomarca Archaeological Complex, also known as the Huaca Mangomarca or New Temple of Mangomarca, is an archaeological site located in the district of San Juan de Lurigancho, in the city of Lima, capital of Peru. It is an architectural complex made of rammed earth and adobe, which flourished during the Late Intermediate Period, as the capital of the curacazgo of Lurigancho or Ruricancho, which obeyed the Ichma Lordship (900-1470 AD). In 2017, the Municipality of San Juan de Lurigancho evaluated the Mangomarca Archaeological Complex, after more than 50 years of being abandoned.
39. La Casona de San Marcos
The Casona of the National University of San Marcos, also known as the Cultural Centre of San Marcos, which operates in the building, is a large Spanish colonial building that hosts the cultural centre of the National University of San Marcos, located in the Historic Centre of Lima, Peru. The building, as well as its adjacent public space, known as the University Park, is part of the area and of the list of buildings of the Historic Center of Lima that were recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, in 1988.
Wikipedia: Casona of the National University of San Marcos (EN), Inscription
40. Palacio Torre Tagle
The Palacio de Torre Tagle is a building built during the colonial era of Peru that currently serves as the main headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru. It is located in the Jirón Ucayali in the historic center of Lima, two blocks southeast of the Plaza Mayor de Lima.
41. Museo de los Colli
The Colli Museum is a Peruvian archaeological museum located in the Comas district, in the city of Lima, capital of Peru. It was inaugurated on January 15, 2003, by the explorer and self -taught investigator Enrique Niquín. In it you can find original huacos and reproductions, maps and models of the strength of Collique and surroundings, and books referring to the Collique culture.
42. Huaca Pucllana In-Site Museum
Huaca Pucllana or Huaca Juliana is a great adobe and clay pyramid located in the Miraflores district of central Lima, Peru, built from seven staggered platforms. It served as an important ceremonial and administrative center for the advancement of the Lima Culture, a society which developed in the Peruvian Central Coast between the years of 200 AD and 700 AD.
43. Huaca Huantille
The Huaca Huantille is an archaeological site located in the district of Magdalena del Mar, in the city of Lima, capital of Peru. It is a pyramidal structure that belonged to the Ichma culture (900-1450 AD) and was also occupied by the Incas (1450-1532 AD). It was the main temple of a group of which five other huacas were part, which no longer exist. In recent times it was occupied by a group of land invaders; however, in 2006, the area was recovered and research, restoration and enhancement works began to be carried out.
44. Torito de Pucará
The Torito de Pucará is a piece of pottery characteristic of the district of Pucará, in the province of Lampa in the Peruvian department of Puno. Its origin was in Checca Pupuja, in the district of José Domingo Choquehuanca in the province of Azángaro in the department of Puno. Traditionally they were sold at the train station called Pucará that passes through the José Domingo Choquehuanca district, and were used in marking ceremonies and for the procreation of livestock, protection, happiness and fertility in married life. This ceramic piece has become a symbol of Peru's southern Andean identity.
45. National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History of Peru
The National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru is the largest and oldest museum in Peru, housed at the Palacio de la Magdalena, located in the main square of Pueblo Libre, a district of Lima, Peru. The museum houses more than 100,000 artifacts spanning the entire history of human occupation in what is now Peru. Highlights include the Raimondi Stele and the Tello Obelisk from Chavín de Huantar, and an impressive scale model of the Incan citadel, Machu Picchu. As of 2023, the museum is under restoration and very few rooms are open for visitors.
Wikipedia: National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History of Peru (EN)
46. Huaca Palomino
The Huaca Palomino archaeological site is an archaeological site located on the left side of the Rímac River, on the premises, in the Palomino urbanization, third stage of the Palomino Housing Complex, at the height of block 27 of Venezuela Avenue in the district of Cercado de Lima, border with San Miguel. This archaeological site was part of the former Hacienda Pando owned by Don José de la Riva-Agüero.
47. Huaca San Marcos
The Huaca of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos is an archaeological monument that is located within the main university campus —at one of the ends— of the aforementioned university, which is why it is colloquially called "Huaca de San Marcos" or "Huaca San Marcos". It is a representative example of the architecture of the immense architectural complex of Maranga. The old name of "Huaca Aramburú" is due to the fact that it was located within the grounds of the hacienda of the same name, before the construction of the university city. Currently, the so-called Mound 22, a smaller huaca located to the south, retains the old name "Aramburú".
Wikipedia: Huaca de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (ES)
48. Memorial El ojo que llora
The Eye that Cries is a memorial that was born as a private initiative designed to honor the thousands of victims as a result of terrorism in Peru, to strengthen the collective memory of all Peruvians and to promote peace and reconciliation in the country.
49. Casa de Osambela
The Casa de Osambela, also known as the Casa de Oquendo, is a building built during the colonial era of Peru. It stands on the old Novitiate of the Dominican fathers, destroyed by the earthquake of 1746, and part of the garden, facing the Calle de la Veracruz in the historic center of the city of Lima. It is one of the largest mansions in the center of Lima and is notable for its wide façade and excellent quality balconies.
50. Casa-Museo Raul Porras Berrenechea
The Raúl Porras Barrenechea Institute of the National University of San Marcos (IRPB-UNMSM) was founded in 1964 by the University of San Marcos in honor of the distinguished alum, Peruvian historian and diplomat Raúl Porras Barrenechea. The institute acts as a Center for Higher Studies and Peruvian Research, developing and promoting research mainly related to the areas of humanities, arts and social sciences. To this end, the institute offers researchers and the general public a library specialized in the mentioned fields.
51. San Martin Park
The Plaza San Martín is one of the most representative public spaces of the city of Lima, Peru. It is located at the ninth block of Colmena avenue, within the Historic Centre of Lima which was declared a World Heritage Site in 1988 by UNESCO. It is located near the Plaza Mayor of Lima and is connected to it by the Jiron de la Union. Its central monument gives homage to Peru's liberator, José de San Martín.
52. Huaca Florida
The Huaca La Florida is an archaeological site located in the district of Rímac, in the city of Lima, capital of Peru. It is contemporary with the Formative period, dating back to 1700 BC. It contains the remains of an architectural complex with a U-shaped plan, being the most representative of this style, as well as one of the oldest. Its presence only adds more historical value to a district like Rímac, which is recognized as a Cultural Heritage of Humanity (1991). It is located in the vicinity of important sites such as the Paseo de Aguas, Alameda de los Descalzos and especially the Lomas de Amancaes.
53. Zona Arqueológica Cajamarquilla
The Cajamarquilla archaeological site is located 25 km inland from the coastal city of Lima, Peru; in the Jicamarca Valley, 6 km north of the Rímac River. It occupies an area of approximately 167 ha, making it one of the largest archaeological monuments in the country. The site itself is now surrounded by several small villages which are encroaching upon, and threatening, its largely unfenced perimeter - despite its nationally 'protected' status.
54. Museum of the Nation
The Museo de la Nación is one of two major museums of Peruvian history in Lima, Peru. It is much larger than the other main museum in Lima, the Peruvian National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History. Currently it is no longer being used as a museum, carrying only very sporadic exhibitions.
55. Huaca San Borja
The Huaca San Borja is an archaeological site located in the district of San Borja, in the city of Lima, capital of Peru. It is a truncated pyramidal structure, which belonged to the Ichma culture (900-1450 AD), and was also occupied by the Incas (1450-1532 AD).
56. Basilica María Auxiliadora
The Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Lima is the main religious building of the Salesian Congregation in Peru. It was designed by the Italian architect Fr Ernesto Vespignani thanks to the impetus of Fr Carlos Pane, both Salesian priests. It was inaugurated in 1921 as part of the celebrations for the Centennial of Peru's Independence. In 1962 Pope John XXIII elevated it to a Minor Basilica.
57. Amaru Inca Yupanqui
Amaru Topa Inca, also known as Amaru Inca Yupanqui, was an Inca prince and co-ruler of the Hanan dynasty, who reigned around 1450. He was the son of Pachacuti and Mama Anawarki. Around 1450, Pachacuti decided to name him his co-ruler and successor. His reign lasted between five and ten years.
58. Museo de Pedro de Osma
The Pedro de Osma Museum is a historical museum, located in the Barranco District, Lima, Peru. Managed by the Pedro y Angélica de Osma Gildemeister Foundation, the museum was officially founded in 1987, housing in the Casa de Osma the collection of viceregal art belonging to Don Pedro de Osma Gildemeister.
59. Cristo del Pacífico
Cristo del Pacífico, "the Christ of the Pacific", is a 37-metre-high (121 ft) statue of Jesus erected in Lima, Peru, in 2011. Its erection was a gift from a consortium of Brazilian companies to the city of Lima, under former President Alan García, and described as a parting gift to the nation on occasion of his leaving office after the 2011 presidential election. It was inspired by the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro.
60. Tapada Limeña
Tapada limeña was the denomination used at the time of the Viceroyalty of Peru and the first years of the Republic to designate the women in Lima who covered their heads and faces with comfortable silk mantones, revealing just one eye. Its use began in the 16th century and it spread until well into the 19th century, that is, its use lasted for three centuries and was not only limited to the "City of the Kings", but also to other important cities in the region. In Lima, the custom remained until well into the Republic, when it was relegated by French fashions.
61. Necrópolis de Ancón
Ancon (archaeological site) is located in the north of the Bay of Ancon, in the Ancón District, on the central coast of Peru. It is one of the most important centers of the Peruvian archeology and features a vast necropolis of the pre-Hispanic era, with countless funerary sites. Permanent occupation in Ancon is documented throughout all periods of Andean history. The oldest evidence of human occupation dates back 10,000 years ago to the preceramic period.
62. Museo Mario Testino
Mario Testino Museum is a non-profit organization founded by Peruvian fashion photographer Mario Testino, in 2012. It's a platform for the development of creative industries, a window for the international contemporary art in Lima and for peruvian talent to the world. MATE presents exhibitions from contemporary artists next to the permanent exhibition of Mario Testino's work.
63. Huaca Aznapuquio
The Huaca Aznapuquio is an archaeological site of the Late Horizon. According to various studies, it functioned during the Inca period as a pottery workshop and possibly as one of the distribution and/or administrative centers part of the Inca distribution circuit on the coast. It was declared Cultural Heritage of the Nation in 2002 with Resolution 233/INC.
64. Museo de la Inmigración Japonesa
The Japanese Immigration Museum to Peru "Carlos Chiyoteru Hiraoka" is a museum opened in July 1981 as a commemorative work of the 80th anniversary of Japanese immigration in Peru occurred in 1979. In this museum there is an exhibition of documents, photographs and various testimonies related to the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants to Peru at the end of the 19th century. The first objects that were exhibited were brought from Japan and were installed in Lima under the supervision of Peruanist Shozo Masuda. Then, other museum objects related to the following topics were added in Lima: the change in attitude of the Japanese immigrant towards Peru, the integration, the Peruvian-Japanese relations after the Second World War, the chronology of the main events occurred in the World and in parallel in the Japanese Peruvian community, celebrations for 80, 90 and 100 anniversaries of Japanese immigration in Peru, the dekasegi phenomenon, among others. The museum is located on the second floor of the Japanese Peruvian Cultural Center and occupies an area of 273 square meters, comprising a permanent exhibition room and another of temporary exhibitions. The first shows the history of Japanese immigration and the Nikkei community, as well as some aspects of the relations between Peru and Japan, and in a schematic way, geography and Peruvian cultures. The second room renews its exhibition periodically with content related to the theme of the museum. Likewise, it has an area for the archive of documents, historical photographs and an important set of books about the subject of immigration in Spanish, Japanese and English; This area can also be used as a study and meetings room. Since 2003, the museum has been the name of Carlos Chiyoteru Hiraoka, in honor of the outstanding businessman and leader of the Japanese Peruvian association.
Wikipedia: Museo de la Inmigración Japonesa al Perú (ES), Website
65. Combate del Dos de Mayo
The Commemorative Monument to the Combat of the Second of May is located in the oval of the square of the same name, in the city of Lima, Peru. It was made to pay tribute to José Gálvez Egúsquiza and was declared Cultural Heritage of the Nation by the Ministry of Culture in 2018. It represents the brotherhood of the countries of Peru, Chile, Ecuador and Bolivia.
Wikipedia: Monumento conmemorativo del combate del Dos de Mayo (ES)
66. The Kiss
El Beso is a large sculpture in the "Parque del Amor" by the Pacific Ocean in the Miraflores district of Lima, Peru. It depicts the sculptor, Victor Delfín, and his wife kissing. According to local accounts, the mayor of the district holds a competition for the couple who could sustain the longest kiss, and this sculpture celebrates this. The park is supposedly inspired by Antoni Gaudí's Parc Guell in Barcelona.
67. Huaca Canto Chico
Huaca Canto Chico is an archaeological site of the settlements and representatives of the district of San Juan de Lurigancho in the city of Lima. It consists of a space that ranges from 10,000 m². Currently this site continues to be an important source of study for research on the history of the inhabitants of the settlements that border the district and therefore also their identity.
68. Huaca Pro
The Huaca Pro is located on the left bank of the Chillón River, surrounded by the park "La Huaca de Oro" and by the Pro urbanization, located exactly at the intersection of the Understanding and Los Principios strips, in the district of Los Olivos, in the city of Lima, capital of Peru. Its construction is estimated to be more than a millennium, according to the Ministry of Culture, however, it began to have greater importance before the Late Intermediate Period, just before its subsequent abandonment.
69. José Antonio de Lavalle
José Antonio de Lavalle y Arias de Saavedra was a Peruvian diplomat, writer and historian. He was Minister Plenipotentiary to Germany, Russia, Chile and Brazil and minister of Foreign Relations. He is known for having led the Peruvian Mission to Chile before the War of the Pacific and for signing Treaty of Ancón.
70. Museo de Arte de Lima
The Lima Art Museum is an art museum in Lima, Peru. The museum is located in the Palacio de la Exposición. The museum was inaugurated in 1961. The collection includes ceramics and textiles. MALI is a private organization supported by admission fees, contributions from members, and private donations.
71. José Faustino Sánchez Carrión
José Faustino Sánchez Carrión was a pro-independence politician from Peru. Also known as the "Solitario de Sayán", he had a decisive role in the establishment of the republican system of government in post-independence Peru. He was one of the writers of the first political constitution of Peru, of liberal tendencies. He later participated in the diplomatic mission which traveled to Guayaquil to invite Simon Bolivar to Peru. He died prematurely, victim of an unknown sickness.
72. Museo Señor de los Milagros
The Lord of Miracles Museum is a museum dedicated to the devotion of the Lord of Miracles, painted in 1651 by an Angolan slave. Its headquarters are located within the complex of the Monastery of Nazarenas located in the Huancavelica district of the historic center of the city of Lima. It was inaugurated on October 17, 2014.
73. Paseo de los Héroes Navales
The Promenade of the Naval Heroes is a public park located in the historic centre of Lima. It occupies the first block of the Paseo de la República. It was given its current name on October 8, 1979 in commemoration of the centenary of the battle of Angamos.
74. Sanctuary of Saint Rose of Lima
The Sanctuary of Saint Rose of Lima is a sanctuary dedicated to Saint Rose of Lima. It is located in the remains of Oliva's house, including the well used by the family, which serves as a highlight of the convent among visitors.
75. Huaca Infantas II
Huaca Infantas II or Santa Luzmila Sector 1 is an archaeological site located in the Río Santa urbanization, in the district of Los Olivos, in the city of Lima, capital of Peru. It is located 500 m from Huaca Pro, it was declared Cultural Heritage by RDN No. 085/INC-2006. It was part of the U Temple of Infantas consisting of a main pyramid, a left arm and a right arm of which there are no structures left
76. Casa Hacienda Infantas
Casa Hacienda Infantas is the main house of what was the old Hacienda de Infantas, located in the district of San Martín de Porres in the province of Lima, department of Lima, Peru. It was declared as cultural heritage on May 20, 2019 through resolution No. 080-2019-VMPCIC-MC.
77. National Museum of Peru
The National Museum of Peru is a national museum in Lurín District, Lima, Peru, located within the archaeological zone of Pachacamac. The museum will hold over a half million artifacts of the Pre-Columbian era and Inca Empire, ranging back to 5,000 BCE. It opened in July 2021 as part of Peru's bicentennial celebrations and is capable of accepting 15,000 guests per day.
78. Huaca El Sauce
The Huaca El Sauce, also known as the El Sauce pre-Hispanic archaeological complex or Campo Santo Alto, is an archaeological site located in the district of San Juan de Lurigancho, in the city of Lima, capital of Peru. In this complex was found a young woman who lived more than 6 centuries ago in the time of the Inca Empire. It was discovered in 2018, making it one of the most recent archaeological complexes in the district. It was found by the gas service called "Cálidda".
79. Iglesia La Ermita de Barranco
The Hermitage of Barranco, formerly known as the Templo de la Santísima Cruz and later as Santísima Cruz de Barranco, is a Catholic church building in Barranco District, Lima, Peru. It is located in the district's historic centre and once served as the district's capital and cathedral, next to the Bridge of Sighs, and has been closed since 1974 due to the damages caused by that year's earthquake.
80. Huaca Templo Con Con
The Huaca del Templo de Con, also known as the Temple of Kon, is an archaeological site in Peru that was a religious center that constitutes in our view a set of the most important ruins of the cult of the god Con, it is located a few blocks from km. 19 of the main avenue called Túpac Amaru within the district of Carabayllo in Lima.
81. Huaca Aliaga
The huaca UNI-CISMID, also known as Huaca Aliaga, is a pre-Hispanic archaeological site located in the district of Rímac, in the city of Lima, capital of Peru. The architectural complex consists of two elevations of rammed earth structures that serve as retaining walls and are built on a rocky promontory six meters high. Above it stands a cobbled esplanade of pebbles from a possible viceregal or republican period. The site has an area of fourteen thousand square meters located within the campus of the National University of Engineering.
82. Miguel Grau Square
The Plaza Grau is a public square located in the center of Lima, Peru. It is located at the intersection of the Paseo de la República with the Paseo Colón, Miguel Grau Avenue and the Paseo de los Héroes Navales. It was named in honor of Miguel Grau Seminario, commander of the Huáscar monitor during the War of the Pacific.
83. Alameda de los Descalzos
The Alameda de los Descalzos is an alameda located in Rímac District, Lima, Peru. One of the best-known places in the district, around it stand—among other buildings—the churches of Santa Liberata, El Patrocinio and Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles. Nearby is also the place where Micaela Villegas's Mill House was located. It measures about 450 m.
84. Huaca Corpus I
The Corpus I archaeological complex, belonging to the Pando group of huacas, is located in the lower part of the Rimac valley, exactly located in the III stage of the Pando urbanization, between Santa Francisca Romana, Santa Justina and Santa Gertrudis streets. This archaeological site is built based on Maranga type adobitos and in its fill there is a high percentage of decorated fragments, in red, white and black, thus developing during the late intermediate period.
85. Santo Cristo
The Church of the Holy Christ of Wonders is a Catholic church located at the junction of Jirón Áncash and Sebastián Lorente Avenue. Located in the neighbourhood of Barrios Altos. It is part of the historic centre of Lima, Peru. It is named after the devotion of the same name.
86. German Tower
The German Tower, also known as the Clock Tower or the University Clock, is a clock tower in the historic centre of Lima, Peru. It is located in front of the Casona de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, in the University Park at the intersection of Abancay and Nicolás de Piérola avenues. It was donated in 1921 by the German community in Lima, on the occasion of the Centennial of the Independence of Peru. At twelve in the day and at six in the afternoon, its chimes played the first stanza of the National Anthem of Peru.
87. Casa Aliaga
The Casa de Aliaga is a colonial-style building located in the historic centre of Lima, Peru. It was built on a huaca, dateing back to May 1536, at the beginning of the founding of the city, and belonged to Conquistador Geronimo de Aliaga. Its current owner is Gonzalo Jorge de Aliaga Ascenzo, VIII Count of San Juan de Lurigancho. It has been continuously inhabited by the same family for seventeen generations over a period of five centuries.
88. Plaza Ramón Castilla
Ramón Castilla Square, formerly known as Union Square, is a public square in the historic centre of Lima, Peru. It is one of three squares through which Alfonso Ugarte Avenue passes—the others being Dos de Mayo and Bolognesi—and is also located at the intersection of Argentina and Emancipación avenues. It is named after former president Ramón Castilla.
89. Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Lima
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Lima is an art museum dedicated to contemporary art located in Barranco District, Lima, Peru. The museum was designed by the Peruvian architect Frederick Cooper Llosa, and built on land donated by the Municipality of Barranco. It is run as a private non-profit organization.
90. Parque Reducto
The Parque Reducto No. 2 is a 20,000 m2 public park located at the intersections of Benavides and Luis Bedoya Reyes avenues, in Miraflores District, Lima, Peru. Located in a former redoubt built by the Peruvian Army during the War of the Pacific, it was declared a National Monument in 1944, and a Patriotic Sanctuary in 1965.
91. Parque de la Exposición
The Park of the Exhibition, known between 1999 and 2004 as the Grand Park of Lima, is a park located in the neighbourhood of Santa Beatriz, itself part of the buffer zone of the historic centre of Lima, Peru. It was built to replace the city's walls, demolished as part of a citywide renovation project in order to host an international exhibition in 1872.
92. Quinta de Presa
The Quinta de Presa is a French-style country mansion built in the 18th century during the government of the then viceroy of Peru, Manuel de Amat y Junyent. It comprises a constructed area of 15,159 square metres (163,170 sq ft). It is located in the jirón Chira of the Rímac district, Lima, Peru.
93. José Castro Mendívil Planetarium
José Castro Mendivil Digital Planetarium, also known simply as the Morro Solar Planetarium, is a planetarium and site museum dedicated to astronomy in the Morro Solar of Chorrillos District, Lima, Peru. It is named after the engineer who designed it.
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94. Pinacoteca Pancho Fierro
The Ignacio Merino Municipal Pinacotheca, also known as the Pinacotheca of Lima, is a pinacotheca housed in the Hospicio Manrique, located at the Plaza Francia, part of the historic centre of Lima, Peru.
95. Museo Metropolitano de Lima
The Metropolitan Museum of Lima is a museum located next to the Park of the Exhibition in Lima, Peru. The neoclassical building that houses the museum was designed by French architect Claude Sahut and built in 1924, formerly housing the country's Ministry of Development and Public Works. It was inaugurated on October 10, 2010.
96. Castillo Rospigliosi
Rospigliosi Castle is a castle and museum in the neighbourhood of Santa Beatriz in Lima District, Lima, Peru. Since 1959, part of the castle is occupied by the Aeronautical Museum of Peru, previously housed at Las Palmas Air Base.
97. Monument to the unknown soldier
The Monument to the Unknown Soldier is a memorial located on a plain on the slopes of the northern side of Morro Solar in the district of Chorrillos, in Lima, Peru. It is dedicated to those killed during the War of the Pacific.
98. Casa Goyeneche
The Casa Goyeneche, also known as the Palacio de Goyeneche, the Casa Cavero or Casa Rada, is an 18th-century historical building located at Jirón Ucayali, part of the historic centre of Lima, Peru. The 959.20 m2 two-storey building is named after the family that formerly owned it.
99. Casa Hacienda Punchauca
The Casa Hacienda Santiago de Punchauca is a historic building at the 25th kilometre of the Lima–Canta Highway in Carabayllo District, Lima, Peru. The viceregal building was built over a Huaca and is part of the Cultural heritage of Peru since 1980.
100. Lima Convention Center
The Lima Convention Center, also known as the 27 January Convention Center is a convention centre in San Borja, Lima, Peru. It is located in the cultural center of the city of Lima, around the Museo de la Nación and the National Library of Peru, in an area of 10,884 m2. It was inaugurated on October 1, 2015.
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